The Big One.

Tomorrow (the 15th) is my first birthday and I'm really excited. Mom and dad threw a party for me over the weekend. All my friends came and it was great. Here's a rundown of the fun.


Here I am getting the party favors ready. We had an Sesame Street theme.

It's pretty much my favorite show and I love Elmo.

I got to play with my friends Eli and Jack.

Also there were Everett, Eli's brother Zach, and Milo and his sister Margo.

Unfortunately, dad didn't get a good picture of all of us together.

After playing and eating lunch, we opened presents.

Mom helped me out, and my friends did too.

As you can see, I was pretty happy with my haul.

I got lots of great toys, books, and clothes.

Now dad's just wondering where we're going to put all of this stuff.

Then, it was cake time! Mom made me this cool Elmo cake.

She also made some great red velvet cupcakes.

Everyone sang "Happy Birthday" and I blew out the candle (with some help from mom).

Then, I got my first taste of the sweet stuff. At first I wasn't sure what to think.

But, soon enough, I found out that this dessert stuff is pretty good.

Then, well, enough was enough.

Hyped up on all that sugar, that's when the party really started getting wild.

It was one of the best days I've had my whole life. I'm glad all my friends and family got to celebrate with me. I hope they had as much fun as I did. We'll have to do it up even bigger next year!

Waaaay Belated Holiday Recap

So, it's been awhile. The blame for this rests soley on my dad. He is pretty much the laziest person I know. I apologize.

Anyway, it was a great first Christmas. As you can see from the lead photo, I went to see Santa. Here's a picture of mom and me waiting in line. As for Santa, he's not all bad. Actually, the "official" picture--the one mom and dad payed the big bucks for--I was smiling. (But dad's too lazy to scan that in, plus he thinks this one is funnier.) And in the end it was all worth it, because he brought me some pretty cool stuff.

On Christmas Eve, we went to my Great Grandma Griffin's house. Here we are hanging out by the fireplace. I saw a lot of my great aunts, uncles, and second cousins, who I haven't seen in awhile. So that was really cool.


On Christmas day we headed up to Grandma and Grandpa Griffin's house. Great Grandma Timper was there and my great aunts came in from Portland, so I got to meet them for the first time. Here I am opening a gift from my aunt Kate. Also notice the cool scarf my aunt Megan knitted for me. Turned out I was pretty spoiled for my first Christmas.

We got a lot of snow over the holidays, so my dad thought it would be a good idea to get some pictures of me playing in the powder. I didn't think it was that great of an idea. So this is all he got. Maybe when I'm a little older I'll have fun making snow angels. But, right now, I just think that stuff is cold! (It also might have helped if dad put my mittens on before setting me down.)




As for New Year's Eve, well, I slept through the revelry. But, this is pretty much how I would have looked had I stayed up.



So, that's about it. Hopefully my dad will get his act together and it won't be another two months until he helps me update my blog. After all, I do have a pretty significant birthday coming up in a week.

Happy Thanksgiving

Just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. How much do I like eating? Well, if the crumbs on my face are any indication--quite a bit thanks.

This was taken a few weeks ago when my aunt Carly came to town. We had lots of fun. Other than lots of hanging out, we got my pictures taken (I wanted to put a link to them but dumb Kiddie Kandids screwed up the upload).

We also went out to eat twice! I love going to restaurants. Speaking of eating...

Bring on the turkey!

Happy Halloween!

I'm pretty excited for my first Halloween. I don't know what it's all about yet. But it's fun dressing up. As you can see, I'm an octopus this year. So watch out for my tenticles.

It's been quite a fun time ramping up for All Hallows Eve over past week or so. It started last week when I went up to Grandma and Grandpa Griffin's. They're out of town on Halloween night, so we gave them a sneak preview of the costume. My Great Grandma Timper was even there.

This past weekend I had a couple of spooky events. On Saturday, we met some of my friends at the Historic Wheeler Farm. We took some great pictures in the pumpkin patch. From left to right are Jack F., Me, Juliet, and William.

Sunday, we went to my friend Milo's house for another party. There were fun games like the ghost toss, and they had bat races. I'm still to small to play, but it was fun watching the other kids. Here we are hanging out before the contests: Jack M., me, Milo, and his sister Margo.

I'm not going to go out trick-or-treating this year. But next year, I'm planning to fill up my treat pumpkin. So don't forget to buy good candy.

Mobility Update

Over the past couple of weeks I've really taken to this crawling thing. It's a much faster way to get around than the ol' rolling and scooting technique. In fact, if mom or dad take their eyes off me, I can get into some really cool stuff before they even know it.

I've also started standing up on things--like my food table here. My balance isn't great yet. But soon enough I'll be doing that crazy trick my mom and dad do, I think they call it walking. Man, that's going to be fun.

9 Month Report

Alas, once again I have been slacking on updating the blog. Just too much fun to be had now that I'm scooting and (almost) crawling around.

Anyway, since I officially turned 9-months old on Monday I got to celebrate by going to the doctor for my 9-month checkup! It was exciting. Well, maybe not. But Dr. Lam is a funny guy. Best of all, he says I'm doing really well. Everything is progressing like normal. I still don't have any teeth, but he says that's good because they'll be stronger when they finally do pop out.

As always, here are my stats for those keeping track:

Height: 28.5 inches (60th percentile)

Weight: 17.62 lbs (10th percentile)

Head: 45.9 cm (70th percentile)

So, I'm a little above average height, really skinny, and have a fairly large melon. Kinda like my dad. Hopefully, I'm smarter than my dad though.

In other activity news, I went to my second football game on Saturday with mom and dad. The Utes were taking on San Diego State. It was kind of cool and with scattered showers. But I stayed dry. And, as you can see, I managed to have some fun with Grandma and Grandpa. My dad was also trying to teach me how to clap along with "Utah Man."

We left at the end of the 3rd quarter because some dark clouds were rolling in. The Utes ended up winning the game 23-7. So Utah is now 2-0 when I'm in attendance.

Other than that, I've just been haning out with mom and dad, and going to school. But, I'm excited about Halloween coming up. Mom got me a funny costume. Stay tuned to the blog to see pictures.

Kickoff.

This past weekend was lots of fun. Not only did my mom's friend Missy come to town, we all went to the UCLA vs. Utah football game on Saturday. It was my first football game and it was pretty exciting.

Missy and mom met when they were going to school at UCLA, so of course they were rooting for the Bruins. And, since I'll have plenty of chances to cheer on the Utes in the future, I got to wear my Bruin gear to this game. Plus, the Bruins were coming into the game ranked No. 11 in the country, and Utah was 0-2 after a couple of dismal performances. So, I also thought I'd be a frontrunner and root for the winning team.


When we got to the stadium we had to sit in different sections because mom and dad usuall sit with grandma and grandpa, but there wasn't an extra seat for Missy. The first half I sat with Missy and mom. We were pretty high up but the seats were at the 20 yard line, so we had a good view of the action. Utah struck first with a 53-yd pass play on their first possession. UCLA could only manage a couple of field goals in the first half and the teams went into halftime 14-6. Mom and Missy and I were pretty bummed, but we were having fun.


At halftime I moved over one section to sit with the Ute fans: grandma, grandpa, and dad. I didn't take much of a nap before the game, so I ended up falling asleep in grandma's arms early in the 3rd quarter. That's when the Utes blew the game open. But, despite on the cheering going on around me, I just kept snoozing. I woke up as the 4th quarter got underway and saw the Utes put the finishing touches on an shocking 44-6 upset.

It was definitely one of the biggest home wins in Utah history--and one of the most embarrassing defeats for the Bruins, who tumbled out of the Top 25 this week. Hopefully UCLA will bounce back and have a good year, and Utah will keep doing whatever it is they did this week to turn things around.

On Sunday, we went out to breakfast with Missy and then took her to the airport. It was a short trip, but I loved hanging out with her. Too bad the Utes and the Bruins don't play more often. I guess that just means we'll have to go to some good games at the Rose Bowl in the years to come.